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The age of grunge music and beanie baby mania also was home to plenty of masterful movies. From Spielberg’s historical masterpieces to Scorsese and Tarantino inspired gangster action, the 90’s ran a gamut of films representing the best of every genre. Certainly an improvement over the flashy blockbuster films of the 80s, these films of the 20th century’s penultimate decade were adored by critics and casual moviegoers alike. Here are the best movies of the 1990s.

British actress Minnie Driver has revealed her three-year-old son was fathered by a writer on her former TV drama The Riches.

The Good Will Hunting star gave birth to little Henry Story Driver in 2008, but she refused to come clean about the identity of the baby's father, who has long been rumored to be a TV staffer.

Now, in a candid interview with Britain's The Observer magazine, Driver admits she has no "need to protect" the baby's dad any longer and while she stops short of naming the writer outright, she confesses they were never officially a couple.

In 1972 the Watergate scandal hit the national scene, "The Godfather" ruled the movie box office and songs that dominated the radio airwaves included Don McLean's "American Pie," Stevie Wonder's "Superstition," and "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers.

Also that year many of today's prominent stars were born that starred in films such as "Stand by Me," "Good Will Hunting," "There's Something about Mary," and many more. See what stars turn the big 40 in 2012. Check out the slide show below.

Robin Williams has opened up about his marriage to new wife Susan Schneider, insisting he feels lucky to have found a woman who will put up with his antics.

The funnyman wed graphic designer Schneider on October 23rd after two years of dating, and they jetted off for a romantic honeymoon in Paris, France to celebrate their nuptials. Williams accepts that not everyone will understand why he chose to walk down the aisle for the third time, but for him, the decision was easy.

He says, "I'm the luckiest man in the world... Being with a comedian, living with a comedian, is like keeping a chi...

Looks like the Miramax makes the hits, Lionsgate releases the glitz love fest continues and we’re joining in on the celebration with peaks at some of their latest in the collection of films to hit Blu-ray. (You’re money, Lions and Mira!) This week’s releases available August 23 include "Rounders," "Hostage," "Swingers," plus we take an early bonus look at the August 30 Blu-ray release of Gus Van Sant’s "Good Will Hunting." Con Artists, playboys, negotiators and math geniuses beware and check out the info below!

Robin Williams has joked his way to a milestone age - the funnyman turns the big 6-0 on Thursday.

He rose to fame playing an oddball alien in TV's Mork & Mindy and went on to take the movie industry by storm, all while juggling a successful stand-up career.

With a number of awards under his belt and a string of high-profile roles in films including "Good Morning, Vietnam," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Good Will Hunting," Williams has cemented his place as one of Hollywood's most hilarious - and hairiest - men.

To celebrate his 60 years, WENN has compiled 10 fascinating facts about the star:

Matt Damon's plans to host a fundraiser for U.S. politician Anthony Weiner have been axed in the aftermath of the congressman's sex scandal.

The married New York representative hit headlines after he admitted lying about sending a saucy picture to a female student via Twitter and confessed to having intimate internet and phone chats with several other women.

The Good Will Hunting star was set to host an event for Weiner at Almond Restaurant in the Big Apple on June 20th with tickets being sold for up to $25,000 each.

However, the fundraiser has now been cancelled in the wake of the sc...

Good Will Hunting actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are the latest stars to back a charity campaign to help hungry Americans.

The longtime buddies have both filmed public service announcements (PSAs) for Feeding America, a non-profit organization that aims to help impoverished citizens.

In Damon's PSA, he introduces himself as Steve and admits he's "lost a lot of sleep worrying" about feeding his family, before turning to another man and asking, "How'd I do, Steve?" The 'real' Steve admits the actor was "a little stiff," prompting Damon to reply, "What? C'mon... You know I have an Acade...

On Tuesday night, Boston’s historical Fenway Park switched it up a bit and went from baseball to the box office, as Ben Affleck held the premiere of his highly anticipated crime thriller, The Town, inside the world famous stadium.

Along with the cast and crew of The Town, Matt Damon was also in attendance to support his long-time pal. Set in Charlestown, MA, The Town centers upon four masked bank robbers that have romantic, legal, and life threatening problems surrounding them. Affleck wrote, directed, and starred in the thriller, and with its Friday opening, it won’t take long to find out...

Ben Affleck is still embarrassed by the first short film he directed, insisting it looks as if it was made by someone with "no promise."

The movie star shot "I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three-Picture Deal With Disney" way back in 1993 - years before he struck Best Screenplay gold at the Oscars with "Good Will Hunting" - and he's still haunted by the awful 13-minute film.

He tells Entertainment Weekly magazine, "It's horrible. It's atrocious. I knew I wanted to be a director, and I did a couple of short films, and this is the only one that haunts me....

The Miramax Films studio founded by movie magnates Harvey and Bob Weinstein has been sold off in a massive $660 million deal after a six-month bidding war.

The company was set up by the famous brothers and sold to The Walt Disney Company in 1993 after they left to establish The Weinstein Company.

Miramax Films fell into financial difficulty and closed its offices in January and the Weinsteins, who were responsible for hit films such as "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction" and "The English Patient," tried to buy the company back.

Ben Affleck is so paranoid about intruders he built a panic room in his former house, according to the property's new owner, director Kevin Smith.

The filmmaker bought the Good Will Hunting actor's Hollywood home in 2003 and was surprised when he first discovered the secret chamber. Affleck installed a panic room in the house hidden behind a bookcase - featuring a video monitor, phone and a safe.

However, Smith was less than impressed with the feature's dimensions. He reveals, "He's showing us around and says, 'I can't wait to show you this, when I was building this, I knew you'd love i...

After finishing up his stint in Boston, Mass., filming the new movie "Knight and Day" co-starring Cameron Diaz, Tom Cruise thanked the city for its kindness and he reminisced about his runs along the St. Charles River. While there's no "St." in Charles, just like the pink and yellow polka-dotted sweater Grandma gave you for Christmas last year, it's the thought that counts.

With A-list films such as "The Proposal," "The Departed" and the upcoming Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale movie "The Fighter" being filmed in Boston and its surrounding cities over the past few years, it's clear that ...

The movie "Brothers" comes out this weekend, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, and Tobey Maguire, and it got everyone at Starpulse.com thinking about brothers ... and sisters. About celebrity siblings to be exact. There are some incredibly talented families out there, and while that occasionally means high family drama, sometimes the siblings who come out of it become celebrity gold. Here's a look at some of the best celeb siblings out there right now.

Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine

There are still people in the world that have no idea that these two Oscar winners are eve...

In 1999, Troy Duffy showed audiences that New York City isn't the only major metropolitan place where mob violence and nefarious dealings happen on film. Using Boston as a backdrop for his cult hit "Boondock Saints," Duffy gave the city a gritty image that reignited interest in the area.

"Boondock Saints" follows the MacManus brothers, a pair of vigilantes who decide to carry out their own brand of violent justice on the criminals of Boston. As a proud Boston resident, I'm thrilled to announce the premiere today of "Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day," which brings the MacManus brother...

Matt Damon may have once started out as a serious thespian with small parts in films like Courage Under Fire and The Rainmaker, but he really didn't make a name for himself until 1997's Good Will Hunting, for which he also won an Oscar for screenwriting. There the blond-mopped young man played deep, pensive, and somewhat brooding characters, so it's a far cry to see him years later donning prosthetic noses and busy mustaches in order to get some added laughs for quirky, somewhat socially awkward characters. But Damon, in movies like the Ocean's Eleven series and now The Informant has proven...

Celebrities are not generally known for being scholarly, brainy, or bookish. On the whole, these types of words are reserved for people like Stephen Hawking, Marilyn Vos Savant, and Kim Ung-Yong. If a celebrity is fortunate, their claim to fame is achieved via artistic talent and entertaining know-how. There are, of course, celebrities who are not so fortunate, like Li Lo, Paris, and Brit, the Hollywood train wreck trifecta, whose notoriety is due more to excessive bed-hopping, drug use, feuds with friends, and wardrobe malfunctions than it is to arty aptitude. But what would the celebrity ...

Someone recently emailed me for a sightseeing recommendation for an upcoming journey to New York City. It seemed a bit odd because although I visit often, I have never lived within the city walls. I recommended the usual - a tour of NBC, shopping in Soho, a slow walk through The Strand bookstore, etc. My email pal thought I was joking.

Apparently she was not looking for a tour guide, she was looking for film spots. Specifically, she wanted restaurants that appeared in her favorite films. So with a little bit of research, I found the following:

Steal the American Dream as the FX original series The Riches Season Two cons its way onto DVD March 24th from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Combining richly dark humor with gripping family drama and intricate plot twists, the masterful final season of "The Riches" stars Emmy Award winner Eddie Izzard (Ocean's Thirteen, My Super Ex-Girlfriend) and Academy Award nominee Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting, Grosse Pointe Blank) in her Golden Globe and Emmy nominated role.

This new season of "The Riches" follows Wayne and Dahlia Malloy (Izzard and Driver), lovable gypsies ...

Many people have mixed feelings towards Valentine's Day. In theory, V-Day is a day for couples, both old and new, to celebrate and express the love they have for one another. Yet more realistically, Valentine's Day is a concoction of the greeting card industry, where it is not so much "love" that is in the air as it is nagging obligation to purchase heart shaped objects and confectionery goodies to keep the peace with your special someone. Also, Valentine's Day is undeniably an exclusionary holiday leaving all those table for one people out in the cold. But, if you happen to be one of the l...

Sometimes an actor comes along who just has a certain something that makes you want to stop and watch. He may just be in the background - where the job, really, is to be natural but not cause any attention to themselves or take away from the action in the forefront of the scene - but his magnetism may be enough to draw the eye over and back, making the viewer want to know more about the character he is supposed to be playing.

Chances are, however, if audiences are noticing this guy so are producers and casting directors, and soon he may be rewarded with a few lines here and there, bum...

Celebrity families are quickly making headlines throughout Hollywood. From the Kardashian's to the Lohan's, stargazers are reading up on celebrities, their families and their crazy antics. For decades, celebrity brothers in particular have caused a craze for fans across the world. To celebrate the familial wonders, here are three pairs of celebrity brothers that have had fans screaming for one reason or another at one point in time.

Ben and Casey Affleck: Three years Casey's senior, Ben is often known as the more famous of the two. However, both have played big parts on screen and in t...

It is widely acknowledged that workplace romances are a definite no-no; clearly, some famous actors and actresses didn't get the memo. From classic romantic duos Bogey/Bacall and Spencer/Tracy to contemporary pairings like "Bennifer" and "Brangelina", since the inception of cinema, thespians have taken on-set relationships from reel-life to real-life.

Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland's hearts skipped a beat while filming Flatliners (1990). Tom Cruise admired a young Aussie actress named Nicole Kidman and had her cast opposite him in Days of Thunder. The movie Seven ended with Gwynet...

There's the quintessential romantic comedy, and then there's the romdramedy. Similar to a dramedy (in which there is an equal balance of humor and serious content), a romdramedy combines comedy and drama with that mushy thing we call romance.

This is not a list of the best films over the past 20 years. Rather it is a list that gives preferences to those films that best combine all three elements - romance, comedy and drama.

Films like Magnolia and The Matrix were barred from competition, while films like Down with Love were considered (however, that one didn't make the cut)....

A best friend forever (BFF) is a person whom you know really well and regard with affection and trust. In Hollywood, a best friend is often a famous pal whom you party with so you can gain popularity and get more press. In most cases, people go to clubs together just to be seen and to create hype.

Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan probably did not have heart-to-heart talks on Sunday nights while drinking wine and watching Desperate Housewives. But there are a few cases in which people really do like each other and hang out because they are in fact best friends!